Parliament of France

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The Parliament of France is the country's bicameral national legislature, composed of the National Assembly and the Senate, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes taxation ⓘ
votes finance bills ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France (National Assembly only)
canCreate parliamentary commissions of inquiry ⓘ
constitutionalArticleDefiningPowers Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Title IV of the Constitution of France
constitutionalSystem French Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Fifth French Republic
country France ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse two-round system in single-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse indirect election by an electoral college ⓘ
established 1958 ⓘ
hasComponent National Assembly of France ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
hasFunction debate on public policy ⓘ
ratification of international treaties (in some cases) ⓘ
representation of the French people ⓘ
hasJointSessionName Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congress of the French Parliament
hasOfficialNameInFrench Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parlement français
hasPower constitutional amendment (with Congress of Parliament) ⓘ
vote of no confidence in the government (National Assembly) ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parlement.fr/ ⓘ
houseType lower house and upper house ⓘ
jointSessionLocation Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles
languageUsed French ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
legislativeFunction amends laws ⓘ
passes laws ⓘ
votes the budget ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of France ⓘ
meetsIn Palais Bourbon ⓘ
Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversightFunction oversees the Government of France ⓘ
predecessor Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic

Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Third French Republic
relatedInstitution Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
Government of France ⓘ
President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France
renewalUpperHouse one half every three years ⓘ
roleInGovernmentFormation confidence of National Assembly required for government ⓘ
supervises public policies ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
typeOfStateStructure semi-presidential system ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of France ⓘ
votingSystem majority voting in each chamber ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

France → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
France → upperHouse → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of France
Consul for Life → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
Parliament of France → predecessor → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic
Parliament of France → predecessor → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Third French Republic
Parliament of France → hasJointSessionName → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the French Parliament
Parliament of France → hasOfficialNameInFrench → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
National Assembly of France → legislativeBranchOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Council of Ministers of France → relatedBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
Guadeloupe → usesParliament → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Senate of France → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France → reportsTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
High Court of Justice of France → relatedTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Government of France → responsibleTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Government of France → collaboratesWith → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Government of France and Parliament of France → responsibleTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of France
Government of France and Parliament of France → sharesPowerWith → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of France
Government of France and Parliament of France → predecessor → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of France
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic
French Fifth Republic → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
French Fourth Republic → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French Third Republic → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French Republic → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
French overseas territories → haveLegislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Palais Bourbon → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Assemblée nationale → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
Assemblée nationale → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
Conseil des ministres → relatedTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
Rue Saint-Dominique → hasNearbyInstitution → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French National Assembly (Palais Bourbon)
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations → controlledBy → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations → reportsTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations → supervisedBy → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French authorities → subordinateTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French parliament
French law → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
André Marty → representedIn → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Fourth Republic parliament
Council of the Republic → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Council of the Republic → chamberOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
President of the Senate → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of France
this entity surface form: French Parliament
National Assembly has final say in most legislative disputes → appliesToInstitution → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French 1946 Constitution → strengthensRoleOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Conseil économique et social → advises → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Conseil économique, social et environnemental
President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council → collaboratesWith → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French Energy Regulatory Commission → reportsTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
French civil service → regulatedBy → Parliament of France ⓘ
Senator of Indre-et-Loire → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Drafting of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic → authorizedBy → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Chamber of Deputies → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (France)
hemicycle of the French Senate → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
subject surface form: Hemicycle of the French Senate
this entity surface form: French Parliament